United States House Of Representatives Elections, 1986

The 1986 United States House of Representatives elections was held on November 4, 1986, to elect U.S. Representatives to serve in the 100th United States Congress. They occurred in the middle of President Ronald Reagan's second term in office, while he was still relatively popular with the American public. As in most mid-term elections, the president's party — in this case, the Republican Party — lost seats, with the Democratic Party gaining a net of five seats and cementing its majority. These results were not as dramatic as those in the Senate, where the Republicans lost control of the chamber to the Democrats.

Overall results

393 incumbent members sought reelection, but 2 were defeated in primaries and 6 defeated in the general election for a total of 385 incumbents winning.

Source
Election Statistics - Office of the Clerk

Retiring incumbents

A total of 40 representatives (19 Democrats and 21 Republicans) retired, 22 of whom (12 Democrats and 10 Republicans) retired to run for other offices.

Democrats

Nineteen incumbent Democrats retired.
# : Richard Shelby: retired to run for U.S. Senate.
# : Tim Wirth: retired to run for U.S. Senate.
# : Don Fuqua retired.
# : Wyche Fowler: retired to run for U.S. Senate.
# : Berkley Bedell retired.
# : John Breaux: retired to run for U.S. Senate.
# : Catherine Small Long retired.
# : Barbara Mikulski: retired to run for U.S. Senate.
# : Parren Mitchell retired.
# : Michael D. Barnes: retired to run for U.S. Senate.
# : Tip O'Neill retired.
# : Harry Reid: retired to run for U.S. Senate.
# : Stan Lundine: retired to run for Lieutenant Governor of New York.
# : Charles Whitley retired.
# : John F. Seiberling retired.
# : James R. Jones: retired to run for U.S. Senate.
# : Jim Weaver: retired to run for U.S. Senate.
# : Bob Edgar: retired to run for U.S. Senate.
# : Tom Daschle: retired to run for U.S. Senate.

Republicans

Twenty-one incumbent Republicans retired.
# : John McCain: retired to run for U.S. Senate.
# : Eldon Rudd retired.
# : Eugene A. Chappie retired.
# : Ed Zschau: retired to run for U.S. Senate.
# : Bobbi Fiedler: retired to run for U.S. Senate.
# : Ken Kramer: retired to run for U.S. Senate.
# : George M. O'Brien retired.
# : John E. Grotberg retired.
# : Elwood Hillis retired.
# : T. Cooper Evans retired.
# : Gene Snyder retired.
# : Henson Moore: retired to run for U.S. Senate.
# : John R. McKernan Jr.: retired to run for Governor of Maine.
# : Marjorie Holt retired.
# : William Carney retired.
# : Tom Kindness: retired to run for U.S. Senate.
# : Thomas F. Hartnett: retired to run for Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina.
# : Carroll A. Campbell Jr.: retired to run for Governor of South Carolina.
# : Tom Loeffler: retired to run for Governor of Texas.
# : David Smith Monson retired.
# : G. William Whitehurst retired.

Resignations and deaths

Democrats

One Democrat died in office and one Democrat resigned.
# : Joseph P. Addabbo died April 10, 1986.
# : Cecil Heftel resigned July 11, 1986, to campaign for Governor of Hawaii.

Incumbents Defeated

In Primary Elections

Democrats

Two Democrats lost renomination.
# : Neil Abercrombie lost renomination to Mufi Hannemann, who lost the general election to Pat Saiki.
# : Alton Waldon lost renomination to Floyd Flake, who won the general election.

Republican

One Republican lost renomination
# : Mark D. Siljander lost renomination to Fred Upton, who won the general election.

In General Elections

Democrats

One Democrat lost re-election to Republicans
# : Robert A. Young lost re-election to Jack Buechner.

Republicans

5 Republicans lost re-election to Democrats
# : Michael L. Strang lost re-election to Ben Nighthorse Campbell.
# : Webb Franklin lost re-election to Mike Espy.
# : Fred J. Eckert lost re-election to Louise Slaughter.
# : Bill Cobey lost re-election to David Price.
# : Bill Hendon lost re-election to James M. Clarke.

Open seats that changed parties

Republican seats won by Democrats

Eight Republican seats were won by Democrats:
# : won by Jim Jontz.
# : won by David R. Nagle.
# : won by Joseph E. Brennan.
# : won by Tom McMillen.
# : won by George J. Hochbrueckner.
# : won by Liz J. Patterson.
# : won by Wayne Owens.
# : won by Owen B. Pickett.

Democratic seats won by Republicans

Seven Democratic seat was won by a Republican:
# : won by Pat Saiki.
# : won by Fred Grandy.
# : won by Clyde C. Holloway.
# : won by Connie Morella.
# : won by Amo Houghton.
# : won by Jim Inhofe.
# : won by Curt Weldon.

Open seats that parties held

Democratic seats held by Democrats

Democrats held fourteen of their open seats
#: Won by Claude Harris Jr.
#: Won by David Skaggs
#: Won by James W. Grant
#: Won by John Lewis
#: Won by Jimmy Hayes
#: Won by Ben Cardin
#: Won by Kwiesi Mfume
#: Won by Joseph P. Kennedy II
#: Won by James Bilbray
#: Won by Floyd Flake
#: Won by Martin Lancaster
#: Won by Tom Sawyer
#: Won by Peter DeFazio
#: Won by Tim Johnson

Republican seats held by Republicans

Republicans held fifteen of their open seats
#: Won by Jay Rhodes
#: Won by Jon Kyl
#: Won by Wally Herger
#: Won by Ernie Konnyu
#: Won by Elton Gallegly
#: Won by Joel Hefley
#: Won by Jack Davis
#: Won by Dennis Hastert
#: Won by Jim Bunning
#: Won by Richard Baker
#: Won by Fred Upton
#: Won by Cass Ballenger
#: Won by Donald "Buz" Lukens
#: Won by Arthur Ravenel Jr.
#: Won by Lamar S. Smith

Special elections

Sorted by election date

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

, -
!
, Les Aspin
, , Democratic
, 1970
, Incumbent re-elected.
, nowrap ,

, -
!
, Robert Kastenmeier
, , Democratic
, 1958
, Incumbent re-elected.
, nowrap ,

, -
!
, Steve Gunderson
, , Republican
, 1980
, Incumbent re-elected.
, nowrap ,

, -
!
, Jerry Kleczka
, , Democratic
, 1984
, Incumbent re-elected.
, nowrap ,

, -
!
, Jim Moody
, , Democratic
, 1982
, Incumbent re-elected.
, nowrap ,

, -
!
, Tom Petri
, , Republican
, 1979
, Incumbent re-elected.
, nowrap ,

, -
!
, Dave Obey
, , Democratic
, 1969
, Incumbent re-elected.
, nowrap ,

, -
!
, Toby Roth
, , Republican
, 1978
, Incumbent re-elected.
, nowrap ,

, -
!
, Jim Sensenbrenner
, , Republican
, 1978
, Incumbent re-elected.
, nowrap ,

Wyoming

Non-voting delegates

, -
! American Samoa at-large
, Fofō Iosefa Fiti Sunia
,
, 1980
, Incumbent re-elected.
, nowrap ,
, -
! District of Columbia at-large
, Walter Fauntroy
,
, 1970
, Incumbent re-elected.
, nowrap ,
, -
! Guam at-large
, Ben Blaz
,
, 1984
, Incumbent re-elected.
, nowrap ,
, -
! U.S. Virgin Islands at-large
, Ron de Lugo
,
, 1972
1978 (retired)
1980
, Incumbent re-elected.
, nowrap ,

See also

* 1986 United States elections
** 1986 United States gubernatorial elections
** 1986 United States Senate elections
* 99th United States Congress
* 100th United States Congress

Notes

References

Works cited

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External links

Clerk of the House's election data

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